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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter L Reid, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Ralph L Delano, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Michael Ashley, Acushnet, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, New Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ; B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5128 / ; 51-4 ; 51 / ; 5114 / ; 5114 / ; 51328 ; 5121 / ; 5116575 ; 83 32 ; 83914 ;
Abstract
An automatic buffing machine and method for automatically buffing a golf ball are disclosed. The golf ball is oriented such that the flash ring is in a predetermined plane and then the flash ring is removed. The golf ball matrix is preferably utilized to orient the golf ball and both cutting and sanding are preferably used to remove the flash ring.